In the United Kingdom, the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981 protects every wild bird.
Under the legislation, disturbing roosting birds, removing nests, or deploying harmful deterrents constitutes an illegal act. However, robust legal options are available to protect your property against pest bird populations.
Want specialist bird control in Drakes Cross? Birmingham Pest Control Co. uses proven deterring and exclusion techniques, ensuring absolutely no harm comes to protected birds!
Get in touch with our team today to receive swift answers and essential legal protection.
Health risks from pest birds in Drakes Cross
Have you heard pest bird droppings are fully packed with diverse pathogens?
Dried pigeon guano contains salmonella, E. coli, and the pathogen triggering ornithosis, a respiratory illness contracted by inhaling tainted dust or touching compromised surfaces.
Ornithosis constitutes a serious occupational health concern within professional environments affected by avian infestations.
This introduces a level of official oversight for hospitality and food establishments within Drakes Cross, worsening the serious health and safety hazards of guano contamination.
Apart from spreading disease, guano quickly accumulates inside gutters, across roofing materials, and around drainage points.
Before settling to roost, birds collect along ledges, parapets, and roof borders. Under them, accumulating droppings gradually speeds up decay in the stonework, blocks gutters, and makes the walkways below into extremely slick hazards.
When you leave bird issues untreated at a Drakes Cross property, you see escalating structural damage and accumulating guano, which gradually increases the cost of your eventual installation.
Whatever winged species turns up, our bespoke systems protect your premises. Enjoy true peace of mind. We safeguard you and your neighbourhood from health hazards associated with birds.
Pest bird species in Drakes Cross
Feral pigeons and gulls result in the most obvious damage on Drakes Cross’s commercial buildings, as flat roofs and ledges give them permanent roosting shelter.
They present a recurring issue, entering roof voids through far smaller openings than any one of the alternative species.
Prior to securing any specialist fixings, our technicians carefully cleanse the area of all guano and nest material. Safety is paramount. Disturbed dry droppings pose severe health risks, whilst abandoned nests quickly encourage secondary infestations to thrive.
These are a few of the bird species we manage every day.
Feral pigeons
Wild pigeons frequently assemble in substantial numbers across our built-up districts.
As a breeding pair of pigeons can rear up to six broods annually, their population multiplies rapidly on any structure offering protected ledges or empty roof voids.
Drawn by a strong instinct, pigeons relentlessly return to their chosen sanctuaries, meaning mere dispersal tactics will never break this deeply ingrained pattern.
Effective pigeon control in Drakes Cross involves physical exclusion systems that stop landing altogether, which carefully leads the birds to find an alternative place to roost.
Seagulls and gulls
Herring gulls and lesser black-backed gulls have spread their territory inland, creating settled nesting colonies throughout the wider area of Drakes Cross and the greater Midlands.
Those noisy birds nest in dense colonies on flat roofs, and becoming more aggressive during their breeding season from April to August.
Did you know gulls are weightier than pigeons? They need strong post and wire systems or hard-wearing netting instead of the less robust pigeon deterrents!
We precisely customise our bird control systems for gull colonies to match each specific site.
We engineer bespoke options and support tailored to your roof type and colony size rather than providing generic plans.
Starlings
Starlings constitute a periodic nuisance bird within Drakes Cross.
They infiltrate roof voids through narrower apertures than pigeons, taking advantage of open ridge tiles, damaged soffits, and broken fascia boards.
Starlings roosting inside a roof space build up considerable quantities of droppings and nesting materials over a single season.
Bird control solutions in Drakes Cross
We implement a comprehensive range of bird control systems, customising our strategy to the relevant species, property design, and general scale of the infestation.
Our process starts by reviewing your site and the affected population before we suggest any answers.
Every of our site surveys are entirely complimentary and carries absolutely no pressure to proceed.
Bird netting
As the most complete method of avian exclusion, bird netting successfully covers roof perimeters, open façades, plant rooms, and building recesses to deny birds access to roosting and nesting sites.
We install UV stable polyethylene net with mesh sizes tailored to each species, utilising 10mm for starlings, 50mm for pigeons, and 75mm for gulls.
Through using stainless steel anchor systems, these fixings are precisely secured into masonry, steel, or timber.
Correctly installed netting stays virtually invisible from the street, providing a discreet and extremely effective bird control solution.
Bird spikes
To properly deny landing surfaces, bird spikes are safely installed on ledgес, low walls, windowsills, pipes, and signage.
How are they effective? They make landing very uncomfortable as opposed to physically blocking the birds!
When safeguarding valuable historic features and listed buildings, polycarbonate spikes are the ideal option because their discouraging presence remains virtually invisible.
Stainless steel material offers excellent durability, making it well suited for industrial or commercial sites where lifespan under heavy dirt is valued over aesthetics.
We thoroughly review the specific needs of your premises prior to advising which specific product will offer the best solution.
Bird wire
By employing tight stainless steel wire secured between posts, bird wire systems reliably provide an unsuitable landing area across flat ledges, balconies, and roof ridges.
As the most most discreet deterrent, wire elegantly suits business and civic architecture where appearance is essential, while also protecting historic facades where fixing to secure spike or netting systems remains particularly unsuitable.
In need of the ideal discreet protection? Wire is excellent for stylish commercial and civic buildings! It is brilliant for historic buildings as well, fully avoiding the drilling required for spikes or netting.
Bird free gel
Served in a tidy dish, Bird Free gel rests discreetly on any surface needing defence against unwanted avian intrusion.
Standing at a mere 8mm in height, it remains virtually unnoticeable from ground level whilst being clearly perceived by nearby bird population.
Because wild birds detect ultraviolet light, this specialised gel causes the structure seem to be ablaze.
We prompt the birds to relocate during small or medium infestations.
Bird proofing for vents and entry points
Birds and sparrows quickly enter into sheltered roof spaces through holes in ridge tiles, open soffits, and damaged fascias.
Securing these ingress points involves stainless steel mesh or bespoke vent covers, based on the specific aperture dimensions and avian species.
To safeguard wild habitats, such works must be arranged strictly away from the active nesting season, complying the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981.
Bird control for Drakes Cross businesses
Effective avian management programmes for business properties combine structural prevention across the external envelope with routine inspection regimes to detect emerging nesting sites.
To support enterprises with several premises throughout Drakes Cross and the West Midlands, we supply formal agreements that cover planned assessments alongside reactive callouts for any new bird problems occurring between visits.
Birmingham Pest Control Co. partners with foodservice businesses, hotels, academies, university campuses, and manufacturing facilities through the region.
We meticulously coordinate our domestic and commercial bird control services in Drakes Cross to accommodate your opening hours, while providing essential written paperwork for your Environmental Health and health and safety records.
For our commercial pest control clients, we offer comprehensive documentation outlining every site visit, the areas inspected, and any devices placed.
Should an EHO ask for proof of an active pest management programme, they will easily find every bit of the information they require.
Our Drakes Cross bird control service
Great update, Birmingham Pest Control Co. is officially BPCA accredited!
Qualified to accepted industry benchmarks, our bird control technicians implement authorised installation systems, so that all operations meticulously comply with the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981 and applicable statutory frameworks.
You can easily confirm British Pest Control Association accreditation through the BPCA directory, as this qualification is generally acknowledged as the premier standard for professional UK pest control.
We provide a complimentary site assessment before preparing your bespoke quotation.
Initially, our Drakes Cross team will inspect your premises to establish the pest bird species and their nesting or roosting sites, before issuing a free quotation the same day.
When our assessment is completed, the choice to journey onward rests fully with you.
Our nearby Drakes Cross pest specialists deal with queries and handle emergency callouts at any hour, seven days a week.
Get in touch for a free site survey
Serving Drakes Cross and the broader West Midlands, Birmingham Pest Control Co. offers professional household and commercial bird proofing services alongside complete pest bird control.
When you need your troublesome bird disruptions resolved promptly, kindly, and within the law, come to us. We are the professionals you can rely on.
Complete our online form or call us today. We will schedule a property survey to establish the species and roosting sites involved, then supply a written quotation. You are under no obligation once you get this estimate.
Why hold off any more? Phone our super friendly team on 0121 816 0399 now to schedule your free site survey! We are available to help you around the clock.
